On Fri, 29 Jul 2005 03:49:00 -0700
jnemeth@victoria.tc.ca (John Nemeth) wrote:

> On Dec 19,  6:50am, Marcin Jessa wrote:
> } On Fri, 29 Jul 2005 03:01:14 -0700 jnemeth@victoria.tc.ca (John Nemeth) wrote:
> } > On Dec 18,  6:53am, Marcin Jessa wrote:
> } > } 
> } > } I was also wondering if anyone is working on kernel implementation of CARP.
> } > 
> } >      Personally, I think we should do something like VRRP, which is
> } > standards compliant, instead of using NIH stuff that will have limited
> } > compatibility.
> } 
> } CARP is free implementation of VRRP which CISCO claims rights to.
> 
>      From what I've read in the past, I don't believe that CARP is an
> implementation of VRRP, but rather a home brewed protocol designed to
> serve a similar purpose.

CARP works great.
Please read http://pf4freebsd.love2party.net/carp.html for more info.
You're of course entitled to have your own opinion, even based on some loose rumours,  
but I suggest you to test it yourself first and then make up your mind.

Cheers,
Marcin.